Milk-bottle cover



J. SENIO.

MILK BOTTLE COVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2.1921.

l N VE N TOR. Joli/v fiENIQ BY f a" A TTORNEY UNITD STATES SENIO, 0F SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT. I

MILK-BOTTLE COVER.

' Application filed May 2,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, JOHN SENIO, a citlzen of the United States, residing at Southington, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new andand removed milk bottle cover, which coin-3 prises a hinged coverelement mounted on a novel resilient clip which engages the neck of the bottle.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the followin description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the variousnovel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a part side elevation and part Verticalaxial section of a milk bottle provided with a cover con-- structed according tothe invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the clip which engages the neck ofthe bottle, and to which the cover proper, or cover element, is hinged.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the cover proper.

In constructing my improved milk bottle cover I provide a resilient clip consisting of a fiat strip of metal bent to partially enclose the neck 11 ofa milk bottle 11 ofusual construction, this clip having out wardl bent tips 12.

- Mi wa between the ends of this clip it is formed with an integral tongue 13 projecting at right angles therefrom at the upper side thereof. This tongue is bent first backwardly and then forwardly to form a loop 18 projecting backwardly from the body of the clip and being longitudinally split at its end into centre and sidemembers 14 .and 15 the centre member being bent to clip over the lin of the bottle and having at its extreme end a tip 16 which en- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 23, 119 22.

1921. Serial No. 466,054.

bottle to receive the paper disk.

- The side members 15 formed by splitting the end of the tongue are extended vertically upwardly above the central portion and bent to form hinge eyes. These hinge eyes 15 co-operate with a hinge eye 17 formed on one side of a flat disk 18 which forms the cover proper, the hinge eye on the cover being placed between the spaced I gages in the usual recess provided in the hinge eyes 15 on the tongue '13, as will be understood, and a hinge pin 19 inserted therethrough.

With the above construction the cover 18 will lie close to the mouth of the bottle,

regardless of the thickness of the head 11 on the neck of the bottle, the resilient loop 13- being arranged to exert a downward pressure on the clip' 14 and hinge elements 15. j Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 4

1. A milk bottle covercomprising a resilient clip adapted to partially encircle the neck of the bottle, a resilient member projecting from said clip between the ends thereof and having its end' adapted to extend over the lip of the bottle and press downwardly by its resiliency thereon, and a I cover element hinged to said member.

2. A milk bottle cover comprising a resilient clip adapted to partially encircle the neck of the bottle, a tongue on said clip midway between the ends thereof forming a backwardly projected loop, and a cover element, hinged to said tongue, said'tongue having its end adapted to extend over the lip of the bottle and press downwardly thereon.

3. A milk bottle cover comprising a resilient clip adapted to partially encircle the neck of the bottle, a tongue on said clip midway between the ends thereof forming a backwardly projected loop, and a cover element hinged to said tongue, said tongue having its end adapted to extend over the lip of the bottle and press downwardly thereon, and presenting a downwardly, projected tip adapted to engage in the mouth of the bottle.

4. A milk bottle cover comprising a recentre and side members, the centre member silient clip adapted to partially encircle the being adapted to clip over the lipof the botneck of the bottle, a tongue on said clip midtle and the side members forming hinge ele- 1 Way betweernthe ends thereof forming a ments to support the said cover.

5 backwardly projected loop, and a cover ele-' In testimony whereof I have aflixed my ment hinged to said tongue, said tongue signature. having its end longitudinally divided into JOHN SENIO. 

